Hunter bow

[Samoth]

why even? 20 iron which is a big investment, high for a bow for sure. While finewood and corewood may be tight to begin, nothing to 20 iron. It does 1 extra point of pierce damage, has less durability, same move debuff, and weight characteristics, at least make it weight less. Maybe silver tube(thin pounded layers of silver wrapped around shaved bone). That would at least give it some context. The tiny knockback improvement is hardly worth the investment.
So why even hunter bow? It needs a rebalancing. Maybe sans the move debuff, make it's RoF a hair better than FWood, give it 5 better dmg, with plus 8 at the top. Mild sliding scale, 27-41? And take 1 off the draw cost in stamina. If you have bow 60, it's 6 to draw it. Then starts to become competitive at tier, Consider also a gated item, like bone arrows, special to this weapon. You can make bone arrows from fragments, the ancient bones, and Ek's antlers. And you can use 10 Deer trophies, or twenty boar trophy to make a batch of bone, and or bone-tipped arrows. Maybe combined with Root armor it becomes a sapper. Drawing a small percentage of damage into HP. Or add a basic +1 poison with a 2/hp for 3-5ticks, or both with bow 60. It will poison an arrow or a dagger. Whatever works... :)

[Ryzilynt]

As someone else already pointed out the Huntsman’s bow has a hidden stat. It is more silent than any other bow.

[Samoth]

I was liking that^ ;p

[Xenomorph]

i upgraded my Hunter bow was a lot of iron but worth it

[Pilomaf]

you can always upgrade newly found stuff if you have the mats. The new level 1 bow might be lower than your previours level 4 but that will change once you upgrade. You can alwaus settle for a level 1 untill your next upgrade and spend the mats then. I do not advice it though. Its the same with all the foods and armor.. get what you can as you get it, cause it will help you improve faster

[FTZ35]

The real problem with huntsman bow is that most enemies in the swamp are resistant to pierce, making it useless.

[Bobucles]

Iron is the highest demand resource in Valheim, so it's important to skip any item you can. The stealth buff is not very important, making this bow useless.

[Zep Tepi]

引用自 FTZ35：

The real problem with huntsman bow is that most enemies in the swamp are resistant to pierce, making it useless.

It's not at all useless to one or two shot a standard draugr that is creeping up on me.

[Pilomaf]

if you chect out you map seed you might find you got swamps with 30+ crypts and that makes iron not very hard to get, but I agrre.. Iron is the most needed resource

[Pilomaf]

引用自 Zep Tepi：

引用自 FTZ35：

The real problem with huntsman bow is that most enemies in the swamp are resistant to pierce, making it useless.

It's not at all useless to one or two shot a standard draugr that is creeping up on me.

Bow is only good for wraiths unaware, otherwise its mace, or axe. (spear good for melee wraith too)

[PakaNoHida]

Wraith, shot dead before getting to me
Draugr walking across the swamp, shot dead.
Slimes hopping around, shot dead before getting to me
Leeches, shot at the waters edge, not getting hurt here
Skeletons, shot dead like Draugr
Abomination, can be kited to death, but ok, axe time.

I would not say it's useless in the swamp, or any where.

[Bobucles]

There's a reason to build any weapon, hunter bow just happens to have the weakest reason. Bows are just not very good in the swamp, and cheesing the catacombs doesn't care what level your bow is. The priority for building the bow is incredibly low, and by the time it's worth checking out it's already obsolete by silver bows.

Iron is needed for both gear and advanced base construction, and the latter needs every ounce of iron you can get. Rushing to silver will split iron demand, making life far easier.

[Pilomaf]

引用自 Samoth：

引用自 Jitatha：

A finewood is harder to head shot due to the drift, the huntsman and fang are more accurate. If you are hunting nothing that is dangerous, then the finewood is enough.

I make fair game from wolves and draug, ++^half a stack of chain, and 2 wraith trophies. Handfuls of Fuling and Draug. Abom....Leech, Wolf, Drake.
Half a stack of needles now.

most deathsquito's will die from a fast point blank arrow if shot right before they reach you. no life, just high dps, like some wizard

[Pilomaf]

引用自 PakaNoHida：

Wraith, shot dead before getting to me
Draugr walking across the swamp, shot dead.
Slimes hopping around, shot dead before getting to me
Leeches, shot at the waters edge, not getting hurt here
Skeletons, shot dead like Draugr
Abomination, can be kited to death, but ok, axe time.

I would not say it's useless in the swamp, or any where.

Have to agree, hitting unaware enemies will mostly be a 1 shot. (sorry)

[Samoth]

i do my upmost to not engage heavily inside the swamp as of yet.
I tend to deploy and withdraw. Possibly kiting out various units. The Abom, is not good for me currently to pursue, deeper into the swamp that is. I position myself and grade for the environment. I try to minimize their advantages. As well the converse, as many would recognize. I clearcut before proceeding. Give them no ground to maintain an advantage.
Essentially anything above greys gets the bow.and they drop. No more than 3, and it is decided. I have steeled myself for wolves and squitos now. Knowing turning is not a better choice. It has to be then. Or not.

[FTZ35]

引用自 PakaNoHida：

Wraith, shot dead before getting to me
Draugr walking across the swamp, shot dead.
Slimes hopping around, shot dead before getting to me
Leeches, shot at the waters edge, not getting hurt here
Skeletons, shot dead like Draugr
Abomination, can be kited to death, but ok, axe time.

I would not say it's useless in the swamp, or any where.

Wraiths hardly ever appear unless you go to the swamp at night... which is a terrible idea because of the stamina management.
Draugr in the swamp? They don't drop anything useful so fighting them in any way is just a waste of time. In crypts, melee will kill them faster.
Slimes pose almost zero threat, also they get oneshot by mace.
Leeches can be cleared from the shore with mace secondary.
Skeletons... they are completely irrelevant at this point... also mace oneshots them.

None of them warrant making the huntsmans bow.